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CVE-2012-2652
The bdrv_open function in Qemu 1.0 does not properly handle the failure of the mkstemp function, when in snapshot node, which allows local…
Medium4.4EPSS 0.34%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
The bdrv_open function in Qemu 1.0 does not properly handle the failure of the mkstemp function, when in snapshot node, which allows local users to overwrite or read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified temporary file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 72% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- 50132 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu-stable-0.15.git%3Ba=log (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 50689 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 53725 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2012:1202 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-1522-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=virt/kvm/qemu-kvm.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eba25057b9a5e19d10ace2bc7716667a31297169 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2545 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .